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If the country were really "anti religious", then the hypocrites would quit attending church. Why make a show of being religious unless it gives then some advantage?

Hypocrites, like the poor, we have with us always.

What people do in public, and say in private are two different things often...Are you calling the poor "hypocrites"? Why? But you are correct, there will always be poor people for a myriad of reasons, some as simple as they are horrible with money.

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
Alexis de Tocqueville

What people do in public, and say in private are two different things often...Are you calling the poor "hypocrites"? Why? But you are correct, there will always be poor people for a myriad of reasons, some as simple as they are horrible with money.

No, I'm paraphrasing a verse from the Bible about how we will always have poor. The point is, our society is a long way from being "anti religion." Our freedom of religion is one of the greatest accomplishments of this nation.

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge" Stephen Hawking

No, I'm paraphrasing a verse from the Bible about how we will always have poor. The point is, our society is a long way from being "anti religion." Our freedom of religion is one of the greatest accomplishments of this nation.

Agreed, but that great foundation is today being confused with a supposed "freedom from religion" ...

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
Alexis de Tocqueville

Agreed, but that great foundation is today being confused with a supposed "freedom from religion" ...

I'm not sure just what that phrase really means. We have the freedom to practice any religion we choose to, or to practice none at all. If we choose to practice none at all, is that what is meant by "freedom from religion?"

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge" Stephen Hawking

I'm not sure just what that phrase really means. We have the freedom to practice any religion we choose to, or to practice none at all. If we choose to practice none at all, is that what is meant by "freedom from religion?"

are you kidding here? You've never heard what the freedom from religion folks want in this society? My goodness, there is even a foundation with the name....

Oh, so it's an organization of atheists.
If someone wants to be an atheist, they have the right to do so, don't they? I really don't see where that organization is tantamount to America being anti religion.

There are at least a dozen churches in this small town, including Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, and Sikh ones. There is not one single atheist organization among them.

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge" Stephen Hawking

Oh, so it's an organization of atheists.
If someone wants to be an atheist, they have the right to do so, don't they? I really don't see where that organization is tantamount to America being anti religion.

There are at least a dozen churches in this small town, including Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, and Sikh ones. There is not one single atheist organization among them.

That is quite true for today but it certainly is 'a work in progress', and one that is having some effect on the culture. There is a serious rewrite of history on the website, not out of the ordinary with any start-up fringe group.

That is quite true for today but it certainly is 'a work in progress', and one that is having some effect on the culture. There is a serious rewrite of history on the website, not out of the ordinary with any start-up fringe group.

If the work in progress means that we're headed toward a society that is anti religion, we have a very long way to go before we have one.

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge" Stephen Hawking

If the work in progress means that we're headed toward a society that is anti religion, we have a very long way to go before we have one.

Things can often change quicker than we might think...However, one thing that has always got me concerning this is that we hear a never ending choirs when liberals want to scream that there is a separation between church and state, only not when they want to assault the church...I understand that hypocrisy is a sport in politics, but come on man.....

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
Alexis de Tocqueville